The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

ItIONEY X ARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: The probable large shipments of gold to the Con tinent is unfavourably influencing the condition of the discount market. Brokers, ever on the alert to take advantage of any opportunity presenting itself to keep up quotations, are now charging 5-1 per cent. for the best bills. Had it not been for this specie movement, the rates for accommodation would no doubt have descended nearly per cent, The Mexican dollars, by the last packet, have been sold at 5s 4d per ounce, for China. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been rather less animation. Sugars have barely sustained former prices, while tea, owing to the large quantity an nounced for public sale to-day, has been neglected. Rice, fruit, cocoa, and spices have been in very limited request, at about former rates ; while tallow has continued in moderate demand, at steady rates, for both present and future delivery. The directors of the Warrant Finance Company have wade a call of £5 per share, payable on the Ist September next. A new large banking establishment for the East has been announced under the title of the Anglo- Egyptian Bank, with a capital of £2,000,000 in shares of £5O each. The object is to purchase two private banking firms at Alexandria, and also to act in correspondence with the Agra and Master man's and the General Credit and Finance Com pany of London. The two foreign houses have for years enjoyed the pecuniary and political advan tage of being the agents for the Viceroy. The principal . partners are to be retained as managers of the new concern, and coupled with their immense influence at the seat of operations, together with the largo expancion of commerce in this direction, very sanguine hopes are entertained as to the career of this new bank. The chief directors of the Agra and Masterman's Bank and of the General Credit and Finance Company are upon the directory of the bank. Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, the brokers, have launched forth the project to the notice of the investing classes, and the shares have already attained a premium of 2 to 3. Two O'CLOCK. 8 At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 27c. Heavy. The English Stock Market, compared with the decline of per cent. which took place last evening Sh after business hours, shows no alteration of impor tance. These occasional fluctuations are the cones- s' quence of the small business now transacted, and the desire to avoid extensive speculation. Consols are 901 a, and for the account 901 I. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 891 Exche. ; quer Bills, for June, 5s dis. to par; India 5 per 1 Cents., 1041 I; and ditto 4 per Cents., 991. There has been very little activity in the Foreign : 1 Market, and prices have been rather flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701; do. Consolides, 60i 5l d ; Mexican, ex all, 291 ; do. New, 261 27 ; Greek, 24 ; Spanish Passive, 28a 9 ; do. Portu guese, 47148; Italian, 671 ; and the Confederate Loan, 75 76. In the Railway Share Market the operations have ii been rather limited, and in some instances prices etl have slightly given way. Great Northern A Stock has receded . Lllos. ; London, Chatham, and Dover, S' £1 ; North Western, 10a. ; and Midland. 108. The Foreign and Colonial lines have shown little or no change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in mo derate request without mat erial change as regards ti prices. Chamounis Hotel shares are quoted 6 Sti prem. ; Ebbw Vale Company, y t, prem.; Maritime Credit 11 21 prem.; Thames Plate Glass Company, 1 2i prem.; and Anglo-Egyptian Bank, 2i 3; preen. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. GOTniunsrmA i r 3 per Cent. Consols Do itecount, Aug. 9 3 per Cont. Reduced 90 New 3 per Cent. B9l New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894•••• •••• .• • • Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire &th Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June, par Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3} per Cent. Do i:500 Do £lOO and £2OO . rank England Stir, 5± per Ct. Do Account.. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 1011 per Cent., April 1874.... 214 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 187 U Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 991 Do Certificates Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Anstrian Do Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 4i per Cent., 18 52 - 58-60 .. Do . 1863 Buenos Ayres per per Cent.... J )o Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Milian 6 per Cent Do 3 pet Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. .. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 pia Cent. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per_Cent Do, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupona — Do Account Do Coupons Do Accouu , Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do 1839 and 1859 ........ Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 74 : Mexican 3 per Cent .... Do Account ........ Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 251 200.. — die Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial b per Cent Now Granada Do Account ...... . ... Do 2 per Cent. —s Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent.. — Do 3 per Cent. (Crribarren)... ... -- Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account .. Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3.. 4S Do Account Do 1863 Scrip, .Z4O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent.' 1850 .. —'D o 3 per Cent 1859 . Do 5 per Cent, 1862 — Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £3O paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account . Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account — Do Passive Do Account 2Ba Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account....... Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Do Scrip, £6O paid — PIA Turkish 6 per Cent. 18,14 Do Account - 1)o6 per Cent. 1858 . - Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 • Do Account ........ ~.. - Do £lOO Bonds• ••• . • Do 18t;3 ............ Do Guaranteed, 4 per tient... Vcnezuela 3 per Cent. .. .............. Do Account .............. Do 6 per Cent., 1862 . ............. Do Account 1)0 Scrip £3O paid " ........ die Doll per Cent • ............. -- Dividends on the a hove payable in London , Austrian, 6 per Cent.. ]ix. 16 Florins. Belgian. 41 per Cent., Er:. 25f. .. Do Accost,. Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. l 2 Unit — 1)o 4 per Cent. Certific ates F renoh itentes, 2 per Cent -.. 't i tian, 5 per Cent., 186:L, Ex. 25 francs.. Do ,X mount. .. . ...... Peruvian Dollar Bonds, , II per Ct. Ex. 4s, Pioimonteso, 5 per Cent,, Ex. 25f — hales. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money ..... . .............. 901 Do Account..., ................. 90i Liverpool Cot/bon Market—This Day, Market very oteatly. 6:Ales probably 10,000 BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. p_s,, C l os i ng Business Share Railways. '"'" • Price. done. .14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Vat. it Blythe and 'Tyne...... 0 liost.,Sleaf.,andMid.eo. t Bristol and Exeter .... 3 t Caledonian ........ Cork and Bandon ...... 10 Cornwall 10 Do A(A get s no di 10 Do. B O Pe•P 311 . 11 " (been paid to B. , SO Dublin & Belfast June. 15 Dur..,Perth,&Ab. June. st Edinburgh S. Glasgow. st Glaag. and S. Weste!rn. et Great Eastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock et Ditto East Anglian st st OreatNorthoi Scotland st Great Northern.. •• •• • • st Do A stook et Do ki do st Gt. S. and W. of Irelaw: st Great Western ....... . et Do Str Val gua. stook st Lancashire W Yorkshire et London and Blackwell et Lcn., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lou. AL North Western et Lon. & So'.th Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Dot shares... et Metropolitan st Midland Do New et Do Birming. & Derby 50 laid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 4 shares $5 Mid Kent .." 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwlok 25 Do, G.N.P.. purchase 1 II Si 9 9i 85 47 124 125 6 7 35 16 1 7 91 9 3 110 112 47i 4Si - - 7i 7i 138 140 158 160 128 t 32 90 9: 701 711 118 3 / 4 119 72 74 Icsi (06 3 / 4 95 47 116 3 / 4 117 VS D 9 65 65 113 114 13711 138 IoS 110 54 (5 25 tO 10811 100 i st Do'Lceda - st Do York st Do Carlisle.....••• • • st North London 10 Do New 363 North Staffordshire 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction. st Scottish Central et Scot. N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stook 10 Shrews. and Welobpoo; st Shropshire Union st South Devon et South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 6taines,Wok.,andWok. t 5 Stockton 4% Darlington 64i 65i 961 97i 126 129 1 2 P ' 81 83 1O iti 126 130 36 33 68 60 35 t 7 44} 94f 104 106 8 9 37} 38} 9 t :5 Do :5 Do New, 186 C, 4 raff va1e...... ,0 Do B 10 Do e 10 Ulster 5 Do .10 Do it Vale of Neath it Victoria sta. and Pim Wateribrd & Kilkenny It West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Rani& it West Midland —Oxi ord it Do Newport it Do Hereford 8 4 ( 170 7 105 110 35 37 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing hare Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 Allantio &St Lawrence all 59 61 Bom.,llaroda&.Centlne 100 1011 1021 Gu. 6 per ocnt... 20 Do. Ncw 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 71 pars p 204 Builalo and Luce Liurw, all o 4 6 10 Do. Preference all 8 9 too 5 Buffaio,Brant,&Godrich 100 77 82 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 77 81 (00 Do. do. June 1, 18;4 100 77 82 at Clcutta.,v•S.Eastn. (Lin, 100 93 ;CO ICO st Cape Town W Dock Sall 100 98 100 stock Eastn. Bengal 1,4 U. sp. 100 104 106 'took East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1(24 3( 34 103 12a 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 4 P 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 I P dock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 72 74 72 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 6l 64 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 66 68 63 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 57 1 00 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 43 61 1 00 Do. do. deferred... ... all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc... all 29 31 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 28 30 stook GLlndiarentu.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 1031 110 Do. New gua. sp. e... 12 P Do. January, 1862 .. stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 101 IC2 101 Gt. W. of Canada. Shares all 91 10 XO5 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt... all 89 91 100 Do. 55 p. o. do. '77-8.. . all 82 81 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 dsp stock Madras, guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1005 101/ stook Do. 4I p. o. Extension 100 95 97 stock Do. 45 d 0........ 100 20 92 20 Do. Fifth Extenson. 2 -- stook Helb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 is() Mein. do Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Blortg. Bds. all Newßrur swick&Cands Class A. and B. all X 6 • N.ll.l.C'da6 pc lat pt bds. 100 82 8 4 stook Soinde I (100 1011 1011102} stock Do. De1hi....... I 100 100 1 1015 20 Do. Ls e!i 2 pr ip at Do. Punjaub all 1900 1014 Do. Ds . • •• 5.0;0 titool , vo.lndus.k. Flo.) 11100 194 9G COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Uov. 6 p.c.Ja 4Jul;l 1877-84 100 100 101 99 Do. p. c. Feb. & * Aug. 100 162 104 D 0.4 p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Sp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 88 10 Do. 5 inscribed stock 100 88 10 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189 t 100 IC9 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 103 107 109 'Ceylon N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 IMauritius 6 per cent lOO 1 1 .5 107 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont 130 06 8 I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J illy 100 99 101 Do. 6p. O.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 6 p iL,lB6t 100 97 09 •-•• Du. sp. c.,18n to 1174 100 97 98 —• Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 971 081 93 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C. Isterling, 1875 lO3 100 102 ;Queensland (icy. 6p. C lOO 103 101 ! S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 106 108 - I VIc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja&July 100 'Do. lo 6 p.o. A. D .,finat.. 100 110 111 1101 1 -------- BRITISII MINES. 2 , 2ambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id ullirord Amalgamated.. 34 Devon G. Con, (Tavist) 1 675 685 East Bassett(lllogan).* 30 66 68 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 276 28.1 East Cam Brea. 51. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 8.13.0 41 5 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ; 581 7 9 Great South Tolgus, l7a 21 21 U. Wheal Vor (lielstou 40 28 30 Grenville •• 6.10.- 61 74 llemd's-Foot 8.12 08 40 tiingston Downs 4.18.0 31 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (Gny Lelant 91 8 10 NI arke Valley.. 4 NI yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 11 1 d New Seton l9l 75 85 —• North Downs 2l 11 2 Basset(lllo4an, 3.1.0 11 16 North Wheal Crotty ear Consols (St Blazey) 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 39 41 South Caradon(StCleer. 14 455 475 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 45 60 Stray Park 30.17.0 28 30 ramar Sllv.& Lead Min - PinCron. )7 18 West Basset (Illogan) 11 9 10 WCs radon (Ltskeard) 5 15 17 West Soto -t Wheal Basset (Illogan)t 5* 67 4 Ott W heal Iluller(ltedruth) 10 17 29 Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien.) 8 13 15 Wheal Deton 6Bl 225 230 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 19 2 21 Wheal Union 3 .17 11 I'M:TERENCE SHARES. great Eastern. E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 1061 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 113 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red, at 5 per cent. pm.. 1061 Ditto, 41 per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent.. 104 o 3, Ditto, 6 per cent. red. at 10 per cent. pm., 111 Great Western Orig. 41 per cent pf., 07 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL!!. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stoc•.k,. 5 per cent., 89 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 t Belgian Eastern Junction, If Dutch Rhenish, 19} FOREIGN AIINKI3: St. John del Bey (lira.), 31 306 BANKS. &gra and Mister Man's (Run.), 1521 2 3 Alliance (MO. 65 S i " Anc.r,lo Austrian, 71 Australasia, 721 Bank of Egypt, 31 6 1 , 338 Bank of Otago,l l ini., 3 1 - of Wales, British and Californian, lim., 611 City, 146 71 Consolidated Bank, lint., 121: Continental, Um., 18 1 European Bank, lirn., 151 Hindustan, china, and Japan Mini, Ditto, new, 231 Imperial Bank (lim.), 39 Imperial Bank of India, china , an d Japan, lint, 51 Imperial Ottoman, 181 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11M., 6 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 71 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 London anti Colonial (lien.), 236 London Joint Stock, 49i London and Westminster, 1006 Merchant Bank, lim., 211 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, llm., 29/ Provincial of Ireland, 91 Union of Ireland, lint., 201 1 Union of London, 55 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, SI British Indian Tea, lira., Berlin Water Works, lira., Ti lira„ 4 6 CityCC Credit ends coaentsed, Discount,. Credit Mobiiier, 10} Discount Corporation,lo EEastran om. anddiacnFinan Trading, eiTair,aidiim..sf vplira., 41 Financial Corporation, Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Bra., Ditto, new4 l 4 Home and C donial A ssurance. lira., 66 Imperihl andPiercantile Credit Am., lira., 9 f internat i ona l Financial Societi, 101 Joint Stock Discount, Ma., 71 Land Securities, Um., 4f London Financial Association, lira,, 28 . National Discount Company, lira., 16 .1 Ottoman Financial Association, lira,, 531 Smith, ii3light , and co" unL, 41 TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 18 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde, Judge Ordinary.) CLOWES V. CLOWES AND MORRIS-JUDGMENT. Sir J. P. Wilde delivered judgmenc in this case. He said the question which the Court had to consider was, whether a delay in instituting the suit disentitlod the hus band, who was the petitioner, to a divorce according to the 31st section of the Divorce Act, which vested a discretion in the Court in withholding the relief prayed for, if it thought fit, on the ground of delay. In this case, the husband had obtained a decree a mensa et thora, which showed that he was not indifferent or insensible to his wife's misconduct, and therefore he considered that he was entitled to his decree nisi, which be accordingly pronounced. There were no costs naked for. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) 1 RE TSCOS. LLOYD. This bankrupt was formerly a captain in the army, and now came up to apply for release from custody on pro ducing bail—Zwo sureties in £lOO each. Mr Sargood opposed. He said that as the case properly belonged to Mr Commissioner Holroyd (now absent on hie vacation), it would be necessary to give an outline of the facts. The bankrupt first came before the court in July, 1862, in forma pauperis, and got his release from custody, and the examination meeting was appointed for Septem• ber, 1862, but the bankrupt had filed no accounts but ob tained a further adjournme nt till January, 1863, when he was adj ,urned sine die. In Jane 1863 he filed his accounts, but there were no assets, and the bankrupt did not apply to be heard, although he h ad no protection, He was after wards sued by the detaining creditor, who obtained judg ment and execution against him, but they did not succeed in arresting him until May of the present year, when he applied for his release, to Mr. Commissioner Holroyd for a second time, but his Honour refused to grant the applica tion except in the ordinary course of bankruptcy, and he was subsequently ordered to file a cash and deficiency ac count, and his release was granted on his giving bail as above. On the bail being called for they did not answer, and the bankrupt said that ho did not know who they were—a friend had got them—bat his solicitor Mr Durrand did. Mr Durrand said he did not, but he took his instructions from Mr Abbey, an accountant. Mr Sargood said that in the case of one of the bail the creditors had found that there was no such person as de scribed ; it was a great injustice to creditors to be harassed by these applications, and asked for costs. His Honour doubted his power to award costs in a forma pauperis case, but he would remand the bankrupt, and would not hoar ;any further application unless the costs had been previously made. Naval and Military Intelligence Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge. attended by Col. Clifton, aide-de-camp, and accompanied by Sir J. Y. Scar lett, K.C.8., Adjutant-General, and Col, the Hon. Percy Herbert, Deputy Quartermaster-General, visite d Alder shott camp on Friday, and inspected the division on the c ommon in rear of the Royal Pavilion. On the concl usion of the marching past, which was performed with admirable precision, the troops were distributed with a view to check the advance of an enemy from the direction of Farnham, over the bold eminence known as Hungry-hill. Several reconnoisances were made, and the enemy was found in strong force. The cavalry then returned, and the Heavy Brigade, under command of Col. Griffiths, comprising the 2d Life Guards, the Gth Dragoon Guards, and the Scots Greys, with the Royal Horse Artillery, formed on the right of the infantry, while the Light Brigade formed on the left. In the meantime the infantry was formed into two lines, with a battery of Royal !Artillery on the flanks of each bri gade. The 2d battalion GOth Rifles formed the advance line, extending in skirmishing order, Gen. Russell's bri gade, the second, and General Bates's the third. As a sig nal to commence the fight a gun was fired from a hill to the south, and in quick response the Rifles threw in a well sustained fire, aided by the Royal Artillery. While the disposition of the force was being completed, the infantry lay down until the enemy shoved himself more conspicu ously, when the Rifles ceased their fire, the skirmishers fell back in good order, and General Russell's brigade came into action, pouring in a rattling fusillade, aided by a tre mendous and continuous fire from the artillery. This overwhelming attack had the effect of checking the ad vance of the enemy, and a change in the position of the con tinuous fire, and the Rifl es aga i n e xtended and advanced to cav alry and infantry w as ma d e u nder cover of the the front. The enemy apparently anxious to secure the splendid position of Caesar's camp, on the left, had weuk ened his right, and shewed the main body of his troops line, The Duke perceived th e e rror of his antagonist, and against this strong eminence and the centre of our rapidly prepared to take advantage of it. The Heavy Ca valry Brigade wheeled round to the left rear of the infantry and took ground to the eastward with the Light Brigade. Gen. Russell's brigade retired and took ground to the left by open column of companies. These movements brought the whole strength of our army to bear on the right flank of the enemy, and the cavalry harassed him by some brilliant charges, while Gen. Bates's brigade and the battery of artil lery attached to it directed a sharp attack upon his right. Gen. Russell's brigade formed on the right of Gen. Bates's, and a greatly extended front exhibited itself to the half-dis comfited enemy. The firing was simultaneously renewed along the whole line, and soon the confusion of the enemy became a complete rout, and his broken columns retired in disorder from the field. The infantry regiments were then ordered to return to their quarters, which they reached about 12 o'clock, together with the Royal Artillery. The cavalry and Royal Horse Artillery, after advancing on to Hungry and Bricksbury Hills, were ordered to return to the plains by separate routes. Descending the hills from various pints, the whole deployed into a line, a cloud of skirmishers covering what was intended to exemplify a slow retreat. In this order the cavalry and artillery returned to quarters, which they reached about 2 o'clock, thus terminating the proceedings of a day more than usually brilliant and inte resting. After the field day the Duke of Cambridge visited the Soldiers' Industrial Exhibition, accompanied by Lieut,- Gen. Sir J. I'ennefather, Sir J. Y. Scarlett, and the mem bers of their respective Staffs. Tho ships composing the Channel Fleet, under the com mand of Rear-Admiral Sidney C. Dacres, C. 8., consisting of the Edgar, Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and Trin culo gunboat, sailed from Spithead for their coasting cruise at 2 p.m. yesterday, going out under steam by the eastern channel. A trial of armour pietas took place at Portsmouth yester day, under the superirteedence of Capt. A. C. Key, 0.13,, of her Majesty's ship Excellent. A plate manufactured from steel by Mr G. Wilson, of Sheffield, of the now minimum plate thickness of On was tested, Two ordinary wrought iron plates were also tried, one being of Gin thickness, from the Millwall Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, and the other being a thin end plate for the Pallas of 4iin, from Messrs Beale, of the Parkgato Works, Sheffield. In all previous trials of steel armour-plates at Portsmouth, they have invariably, from their hard brittle nature and want of fibre, cracked through is all directions under the blow of the 68-pounder case iron shot, and this was especially the case with some plates that were specially made from steel at the Elswick Works and cooled in oil under the superin tendence of Sir W. Armstrong. In the trial of the steel plate at Portsmouth yesterday, it was found to be soft, fibrous, and without arty exhibition of cracks beyond the circumference of the indents made by the shot except in one instance, and then only to the extent of four inches. There was also but a very trifling opening of the lamination at the edges of the plate, and one shot that struck the plate on its lower edge spread the metal out considerably without crack ing. The specific gravity of the plate was stated to be 7.685, and its coat from £lO tc £l5 per ton in excess of the price now being paid by the Admiralty for wrought iron plates. The diameter of the indents produced on it by single shot was Din, and the depths of the indents from ain to '2 b-eutne. Ono shot overlapping a former indent 5M produced or rather increased the former indentation to 4in. In another case the shot overlapped 3in, and increased the indentation also to 4ia. In o inted instance of overlapping it reached fin, and hero it increased the depth o f the indent to Sin. The plate re ceived 11 shots altogether. The Millwall bin wrought iron plate was one of very excellent quality, both in material and manufacture, and was quite equal in any respect to any plate that has been yet turned out of hand by that firm. It received 12 shots in a comparatively small space in its centre, several of them overlapping each other without any mat eriald amagre The thin 41in plate of Messrs Beale did not, as a matter of course, owing to its 25 per cent, less thickness of metal, come out of its trial quite so victoriously as the Millwall plate, but it was struck in two places by three shots over lapping each other. Although it was necessarily in those two places broken through, the shots were destroyed in the operation, and the plate was shown to have qualities which would have rendered the ship practically invulnerable. The firing took pl ace i n the usu al manner from incest 8 inch smoothbore gun, with a 161 b charge o f p owder, and a 681 b cast iron sh o t, at 200 yar d s ' di s t a nce. The Himalaya, screw troops hi p , C a pt. E. Lacy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from Qaebec, whence she sailed on the 16th inst. , w ith the following troops a nd invalids on board: -62d Regiment—Lieut.-Col. W. L. Ingall, C. 8., Alej or M . Rynd, C ap t s . S. G. Carter, C. M. Sanderson, S. L. Gwynne, J. G. Hay, W. B. Davenpo rt, R. S. Machell, Tharpgent, Lieuts. L. G. Du ndee, W. L. R. Scott, Ist. H a ll, J. M. Theobald, C. W. Brown , A, Lake; Ensigns G. S. Fraser, R. N. Grown , J. Bou g he y , It. Rogers, Drin' Lieutena n t an d Adjutant A. 11. Reade , M,s. L aws, F. H. Forsyth; Paymaster Quartermaster L. Gamble, Surgeon M a j or J. Ewing— G6B g non-commissioned officers and men, 71 women, 108 children. let battalion 17th Regiment—Lieutenant Raven hill and 11. Kerr —Staff Surg.-Major Barton, in medical charge of trooPa—C apt. A. J. S. Gr iffi t h s , 65th Regiment— Lieut. G. V. Boyl e and Ensign W. 1 1 . L ar ki n , 47th Regi ment—Capts, Birch and Ens. Boyle, 30th Regt., on leave. Mrs Col. Fans, 25th R eg i men t. Commissariat Depart ment--E. Esteridge and Boyle-1 26 men ( i n valids ) , 1.6 women, and 14 child ren, from various reg i m ents. The die embarkation will take place alongside Portsmouth dockyard to-day, and the 6 2d regiment will bo forwarded on to Alder shott by special train on the South-Western Railway, and the remainder of the troops sent to their respective destina tions. The Hima laya left Portsmouth on the 12th of May last su p e rnumeraries f.sr the Mediterranean. At b o ard, on the B th of Ju ne, the Ist battalion 25 th Foot, for ia t with after naval returning to that port from Corfu , she took on conveyan ce to Quebec, where she arrived on the 28th of June. She disembarked them on the following day. The screw stea m sloop Cordelia, 11, Commander John B. Scott, whichyes te r d loft o Plymouthuda afternoon, on Friday, after an returned Sound unsuccessful effort to fall in with the homeward-bound transport Copen hagen. Commander Scott received unexpected orders to prepar e immediately for foreign service, He will probably go to the West Indies, Th e paddlewheel steam sloop Bull dog, 6, Captain Charles Wake, which returned from Ma deira to Plymouth, on Saturday, is also receiving stores and provisions for foreign service. The non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal En gineers employed in making the necessary excavations for the demolition of the large cliff which is to bo destroyed at Cuxton, near Rochester, have made considerable progress in the work, and the first portion of the undertaking, the sinking of the shafts, i s now nearly completed. Each of the three main shafts excavated into the cliff will be sunk to a depth of about 60ft, and from the base of each will bo driven the galleries to receive the charges of powder. About 2,000:b weight of gunpowder, divided into numerous charges, will be used in the destruction of the cliff. It is probable that some time will elapse before the whole of the arrangements are completed. The officers and men of the Royal Engineers employed in the work are encamped in field-tents on a space of ground near the operations. Tho recent large number of desertions from the Royal Engineers has directed the attention of the autho rities at the Horse Guards to what is becoming a serious evil, the corps having hitherto borne the distinction of having a l es s percentage of desertion than any other in the service. In order to discover the cause of the evil, as well as to adopt measures for arresting it, a committee of Royal Engineer officers has been sitting at the llorse Guards, by order of the Duke of Cambridge. It ir, probable that their deliberations will result in an almost complete reorganiza tion of the corps, so far as relates to the duties, drill, and discipline of recruits who first join the Royal Engineers, as it is from this class almost exclusively that desertions have recently t a k en place in suck unusually large numbers. Among other recommendations by the committee, it is be lieved, there is one unfavourable to the plan hitherto adopted of sending the whole of the Royal Engineer recruits to head-qaartera, Chatham, immediately on joining the ser vice, where, instead of following their trade or profession, as they were led to expect, on their enlistment, they are at once placed on the field-works, and employed in eve totting earthworks and in oth er l a b or i ous d u ties of that kind. Instead of this arrangement it is recommended that recruits should be received at Woolwich, or somo other station, where, after spending about 12 months in learning their drill, they wight be draughted to Chiithaw to tin- dergo their course of course of instruction in sapping, pontooning, and the other departments of military engineering. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles E, Buriton and Lieut. Patrick J. Murray to the Marlborough ; Lieut. Thomas 11. Larcom and Lieut. Charles S. llarford to the Duncan; William F e nton (a), assist.-engineer, to the Frederick William ; George Mating, assist.-engineer, to the Edgar, for the Trineulo ; and John R. Bateman, nominated to a naval cadetship. IN I 1 WALLAND. This was a judgment summons• The opposing creditor was a solicitor, who sued for costs and got £2O. The costs were incurred in obtaining a free pardon for the bankrupt after conviction, but between the time he waa committed and the time he was convicted he had assigned all his pro perty. His Honour made an order for the payment of 108 a week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day, MARLBOROUGH - STREE T. TEE UNFORTUNATE ~LND HEE. OPPRESSOR. - John Calagher, a young man, was charged with violently as saulting a young woman, an unfortunate, named Selina Baker. The prosecutrix, who lived with the prisoner at No. 3, Porter• street, said—l have kept the prisoner for three years by my prostitution, and because I did not give him money enough yesterday he brutally treated me. I had got nearly L 5 last week for him. He said—" You if you do not get me the money I want take that," and gave me a violent kick in the face, disfiguring it as you see and injuring my eight. I was smothered with blood. [The prosecutor's face was badly contused.] I afterwards went into the Haymarket, when he again assaulted me. My body is covered with bruises. Margaret Mack, a delicate-looking child, whose voice could scarcely be heard, said—l live in the same house and saw the prisoner kick and strike the prosecutrix while she was sitting on the bed. Proeecutrix—The police know that I walk the Haymarket to keep the prisoner. A constable proved taking the prisoner into custody, and said the prosecutrix was then sober. The prisoner--I am sorry I have wasted all my better feelings on such is woman. She has only kept me when I have been out of work. Mr Tyrwhitt—You are a base ungrateful wretch. You talk of your " better feelings," and yet kick the prosecutrix about till she presents the appearance she now does. I shall commit you for three months with hard labour. THAMES. BLOCK IN Narrno`a LANE.—Edgar Button of No. 3 Brook-street, Ratcliff, and in the service of Mr Edward Charles Hood, coal merchant of the same place, and John Bradford, of the Mile-end-road, appeared before Mr Paget to answer two summonses, which charged the first with having a certain van with three horses, and the other with having a certain van with one horse, to stand longer than was necessary for loading and unloading in a certain tho roughfare called Bancroft-place, Milo-end-road, on the 4th of the present month. Inspector Hayes, of the B division of police, said he preferred this complaint because a public thoroughfare had been obstructed for one hour by the perverse conduct of the two complainants. They met in the lane with their teams proceeding in opposite directions. The place was too nar row for ono to pass the other. Neither would turn back, and remained in the lane wrangling, until a police con stable backed Mr Hood's team and allowed the other to pass. Bradford said he was 54 yards up the lane, Batton was only 19, and he was confirmed in this by Edward Pundit), ex-beadle of the hamlet of Ratcliff, who said Mr Hood's man was decidedly in fault, because if he had backed he would have done so down hill. Bradford must have backed up hill. Mr Paget thought Button ought to have backed and let the other forward. It was easier to back down hill than to back up hill. Button—l had three horses to back and Bradford only one. It was easier to back one horse than three. Mr Paget—l don't know that; he was further down the lane than you, Button—Well, sir, I think both of us were in fault. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, said this case reminded him of an anecdote he had read in a work published a century ago. Two persons, each driving a horse and chaise, met in a narrow lane. One, a Quaker, politely asked the other, a London swell, to turn back, and let him proceed. "I will see your neck stretched before I will do anything of the kind," said the swell. "Then, I cannot stay here, friend,' said the Quaker. The swell took a newspaper, and be gan to read it. The Quaker lit his pipe, began smoking, and said, "Friend, when thou hest done with that paper, I will thank thee to let me peruse rt." The swell was defeated by his adversary's coolness, uttered a few oaths, backed to the end of the lane, and allowed the Quaker to proceed. Mr Paget said the defendants were a pair of obstinate fellows, each endeavouring to wear out the other's patience, and blocking up a public thoroughfare for an hour. Button was the most to blame, and he fined him 2s 6d and 2s costs, and Bradford 6d only, and 2s costs, WESTMINSTER. A TEOROUGH RUFFIAN.—WiIIiam Grearson, a fellow of forbidding appearance and muscular proportions, was charged under the following circumstances : Mary Anne Grearson, a woman between 60 and 70 years old, said—The defendant, I am very sorry to tell your worship, is my oldest son. He does not live with me. I occupy a house in Camera-street, which I have had for 13 years, and he comes there and threatens and annoys me, and ill-treats me. Mr Selfe—What is his reason ? The Mother—He comes for money, and if I wont supply him he ill-uses me. Mr Selfe—What are your means of subsistence ? The Mother—l keep a little shop, and get my living by needlework. When my son came home last night he asked for a jug, and said he wanted beer. I told him I could not give it him, but he insisted on having a jug, and then coming toward me struck me a violent blow in the month, which loosened my teeth and cut my lips. I bled very much. The neighbours interfered for me and took him into custody, and he now threatens to murder me directly I come in his way. Mr Selfe—Has he often ill treated you ? • The Mother—Often ; and he also ill treated his poor, in firm father shortly before his death, and has been sent to prison for twelve months for his violence to me, Ho ha:3 been going on in this way for years, and comes to me for beer or money, poor as I am, every throe weeks. A young woman who was present confirmed the poor woman's amount of the assault. She declared it was per fectly unprovoked and brutal. Alfred Bandall, 388 B, said that when ho took the de fendant he threatened him in the most violent way, used tearful and horrible language to his mother, and made two dangerous kicks at witness, with a view of doing him a very serious mischief. Mr Selfe—Did he use any threats at the time he kicked you ? Witness—A sneering threat. Defendant—l only pushed my mother, I didn't hit her. She'd say anything, I did not attempt to kick the con stable. Mr 3elfe—You ar© a perfect ruffian, regardless in your ruffianism of the very mother who bore you, and I will see if I cannot prevent you for some time. You are committed for six months, and must find bail for six months' more, and be thankful I cannot order you to be whipped. 'DIE LATE ACCIDENT AT HAMPTON RACES.— lqr Charles D. M'Kenna, who, it will be remembered, sus tained some severe injuries by a fall from a horse at the above races, is now much better, The Balloon Riot at Leicester, Yesterday, at the Town Hall, Leicester, before the Mayor, Geo. Baines, Esq , J. Harrison, Esq., and E. S. Ellis, Es.q., Mr C. J. Carttar, solicitor, Greenwich, appeared before the bench to take legal proceedings against certain persons concerned i❑ the destruction of Mr Coxwell's new balloon Britannia at the Foresters' fete on the Leicester racecourse on Monday last. Mr Carttar, in a lengthy address, stated the case to the magistrates, and proposed to indict those who had committed the wilful damage to appear at the next Leicester sessions in answer to the charge. ,The Town Clerk suggested that it would be better to prefer the charge under the Criminal Law Con • solidation Act, 21 and 25 Vic., chap. 97, sec. 51, for malicious injury, and the indictment was so taken accordingly. Mr Ellis, one of the magistrates, told Mr Coxwell that he was within 50 yards of the balloon, and he did not notice the slightest obstacle to the ascent. If there had been any, and Mr Coxwell had spoken about it, he was sure that there wore thousands of persons who would have helped him out of lus difficulty. Mr Coxwell explained the circumstances which led him to open the valve, after which Mr Ellis said he thought Mr Coxwell exercised a very wise discretion in not attempting to ascend. If they got a certain number of persons together, and a certain number of beer barrels, they must expect to have a certain amount of force. It was an unfortunate circumstance for the credit of the town. The Mayor said he noticed that the balloon collapeed, but he did not notice any riot or any approach to one. He came off the ground without seeing any disturbance. Mr Coxwell was then sworn. He said—l am a surgeon and dentist, and reside at Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex. I was on the Leicester racecourse on Monday last, the 11th inst. I bad with me my largest balloon, the "Britannia," and appurtenances connected with it, including scientific instruments and apparatus for meteorological obser vations. The balloon was constructed especially for the observations of the British Association and making high ascents. That balloon, when properly inflated, was capable of taking up 25 people, not for high ascents. The mention of 25 people in the bill is always supposed to allude to the number that it will take up for practical ascents to have a bird's eye view of the ground. I had with me a valuable barometer presented to me by Mr Glaisher ; the intrinsic value of it was ten guineas. The value of the balloon and apparatus was £7OO. The whole of it, even the grappling-irons and valves, are lost. It was not made of silk. The cost of a silk balloon, which I contemplate making, would be £2,000. It was made of an American mixture—sponge silk — a vegetable matter which would cause it to resem ble cotton. There were, I should say, about 4,000 people surrounding the balloon—about 50,000 on the ground. I tried for two hours to gel an open space from which to ascend. Some clung to the netting, and broke. Possibly it was not done intentionally, but with a desire to assist in getting it off. I may explain, that with a single piece of cordage being broken, more stress was laid on the other part, and rendered it unsafe to go up. Several persons in the car were very violent, and feeling that if I went up great damage would be done to the community, I feli, it ncessary to empty the balloon, as the only remedy for the protection of the bystanders. With the pressure it was impossible to ascend. I therefore adopted the only alternative of letting off the gas. I should have ascended by myself, unsafe as it was. Im mediately I lot off the gas the crowd commenced to rip up the balloon, and to cut the netting, and to threaten me personally. Violent hands wore laid upon me, and I received sundry blows. A bottle was thrown at the balloon, and it was subsequently picked up by my man. Whether that wan thrown before or after I let off the gas I cannot say. In spector Haynes and Sergeant Chapman took me by the arm and led me off the course. I considered my life was ill danger. I have not the least por tion of my balloon. I subsequently learned that my balloon was destroyed, burned, end paraded about the streets. The car, liberating iron, and barometer were destroyed. I am linable at the present time to give the names of those who took pert in damaging the balloon. I know the name of one nerson, William Pegg, who used most disgust , i ng language, and incited the crowd to act as it did, Mr c 0 , m ,5.11 was then bound over in the sum of £lOO to prosecOs at the quarter sessions. Mr Carttar wish; d, to correct a statement afloat that Mr Coxwe'll had received money for the ascent, He had not received one p‘:'nny of the £5O. A man who was taken by the crowd for Mr Coxwell was ferociously mobbed, and had his coat ripped up the back as well. The defendant in this case has,how ever, been convicted, and sent to gaol for a month. Neglect of a Family in St, Luke's. Yesterday Mr John Humphreys, Middlesex con)• tier, resumed at the Green Gate Tavern, City-road , the adjourned inquiry respecting the death from starvation and neglect, at the hands of the mother, of Sarah Blake , age d two years, and second inquest was opened on view of the body of Blake, aged two months, Who died from the same cause. It appeared that the mother of the deceased chil apart from her di en was a married wom an, living husband, who cohabit!, with anoLher woman. She was an artificial florist. and she cohabited with a person of the same trade, n amed Beaman. Her six children were left by her in a room, fist in .Bishop's court, Clerken well, and then in Pearstrect, St Luke's, without furniture or bedding, and almost without food. They were found by the parish au thorities dying from starvation an d ne g lect, and the child Sarah died almost immediately. Mr Dixon said that the infant deceased was the daughter of Mai Blake, and was unnamed. It was an illegitimate child, the father being a potman named 'Wright. Honors Lyons, nurse at the workhouse of St. I Luke's, said that the infant was admitted on the 25th of June, ill and exhausted. The loidereloth ing was pasted to the skin for want of \d g . Everything was done to save its life, but it had not a chance of surviving, and it died on the 12th inst. Mary Ann Blake, a little girl ten years old, said that she used to get enough to eat. She used to got broad and butter, and sometimes a little sausage or bacon ; but the two little children that were dead could not eat th e bread and water. Until Sarah got the smallpox she could eat the dry bread. They slept on the boards. Dr. E. C. Harris, surgeon to the workhouse, said that he attended the deemed infant child on ad. mission. It was very thin, and its eyes were sunk. It was weak and ill. Witness did all he could to save its life, but it died on the 12th of July. The body was very destitute of fat—a circumstance quite unusual i n a child of that age. Al organs were tolerably healthy. The mother's neglect was the cause of the loss of the child's life. There was no disease to cause death if the child had been carefully tended and fed. Being allowed to lie on the boards of the room was destruction to it. Mrs. Wagstaffe, 4, Bishop's-court, said the chil dren lived for three weeks in a room at that house. They wore shockingly neglected and starved, the mother leaving them for three or four days together. The girl Sarah was quite wolfish with hunger. Tho infant was quite as badly neglected. It was stated that Beaman, the man with whom the mother of the children cohabited, and whom she assisted in his business, made £3 or £4 a-week,and she had the management of the money for house. keeping purposes. The bread which she gave to her children—four loaves every Wednesday, was fur nished by the parish to her. Her husband was in prison. The Coroner summed up at length, and The Jury after a brief deliberation returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mary Ann Blake for feloniously killing and slaying Sarah Ann Blake and another daughter unnamed. The Coroner then issued his warrant for the de tention of the mother in Newgette until her trial at the Central Criwival Court. 48 71 1053 46-1 5} 1161 17 161 49 8 651 1131} 138 7§ 1081 65 4k 931 a GERM. 'MARK. (From the limes Correspondent) VIENNA, July IG. The news which I yesterday forwarded to you by electric telegraph is thus confirmed by the Wiener Zeitung of this date VIENNA, 15th July, Evening.—The Danish Government being desirous to have a truce, and to enter into negotiations for peace, made a direct proposition to the Courts of Vienna and Berlin to suspend hostilities by land and by sea. The pro posal of the;DanishGovernment has been accepted by Austria and Prussia, and hostilities by land and sea, with abolition of the blockade, will be saspended until the 31st of the present month. The Copen hagen Government has been requesttd imme- diately to send a Plenipotentiary to Vienna, to settle with the Imperial. Royal Austrian and Royal Prussian Wvernounts the basis of the future negotiations for pace." A spccial messenger is now on his way from Copenhagen to this city, and I am given to under stand that he is the bearer of the Danish proposi tions for peace. Early in the morning of the 13th inst. Baron Brcdon, who is said to be one of the King of Denmark'pi chamberlains, arrived at Carts• bad, and in the course of the forenoon ho had two interviews with the Prussian Premier. In the after noon M. von Biemark end Baron Bredon had a long audience of the King, and as soon as it was at an end the Austrian Government was informed that the Danish Cabinet had asked for a suspension of hostilities. It is here generally believed that Den mark is thoroughly humbled ; but her self-suffi ciency and pride must be as great now as they were at the outbreak of the war, for she has not yet relinquished the idea of a personal union between herself and tho Duchies. This Government ardently wishes for peace, but I doubt whether it will be satisfied with anything short of the cession of the whole of the Buchy of Schleswig, To all outward appearance there is now a perfect understanding between Austria and Prussia, but I have had occasion to remark that some of the most influential persons in this city are ill content with the more recent policy of Count Rechberg. In political circles tho alliance between the rival Powers is pronounced to be unnatural, and it is confidently predicted that it will not be of long duration. A few days ago some of the members of the Diplo matic Corps chanced to meet in the ante•room of ono of the members of the Cabinet, and there one of them, who is renowned for the pungency of his wit, observed that no good could possibly come of the union between the great German Powers. " The tugestc amer Prussia," said he, "gives the tow-ship Austria such violent jerks that the cranky old vessel is in danger of going to pieces." It is said that King Christian of Denmark has addressed auto graph letters to the Emperor of Austria and to the King of Prussia; and it is probable that such really is the case, as a person attached to this Court yes terday expressed his surprise that the bearer " of such an important document" should tarry so long on the way. Although so much has been said and written on the subject, it is not positively known whether Prince John of Glucksburg has been iu Berlin and Carlsbad, but certain it is that he has passed through Brussels. While there he bad an interview with the King of the Belgains, and it must be supposed that ho claimed his Majesty's good offices, for shortly afterwards a special mes senger was sent off to Carlsbad. It is not in my power to guarantee the correctness of the informs tion contained in the foregoing sentence, but it is likely to be correct, as it was acquired at a very good source. The proposed harsh treatment of the Swedes who were captured at Alsen led to a very warm correspondence between the Berlin and Vienna Governments. Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia would fain have had the Swedish officers tried by court-martial, although ho was aware that they were enrolled iu the Danish army ; but Count Rechberg formally protested against such an illegal proceeding. From time immemorial foreigners have served in the Imperial army, and they have always been treated like native Austrians when they have chance to be taken prisoners. The Prussian Army List will assuredly show that very many parsons who are not subjects of King William I. are now doing military service under his colours. There is a great coolness between Austria and the Secondary German Pori ers, and the Vaterland, which is to Austria what the Kra:az Zeitung is to Prussia, takes care that the fact shall be known to the world at large. The V alerland professes to be a highly Conservative paper, but during the last few days it has repeatedly hinted that there will be no peace in Germany until Austria and Prussia have come to an understanding in respect to its division into two parts. On Thurs. day next the German Diet will request the Duke of Augustenburg and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to lay on the table of the House the documents on which their respective claims to the Duchies are based: As a matter of course, there will be a long and wearisome debate on the question at issue, and the chances are that it will not be broughtito a close until peace has been concluded between Den. mark and the great German Powers. MARKETS—This Day IIAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 10s Od ; new do., £2 to £4 ; old clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId meaiow hay, £2 10a to £4 10s; new do., £2 to £4 ; old clover, £4 Os to a 10a Od ; and straw, L 1 4s to £1 10s per load. A fair demand. WHITECILAPEL —Old meadow hay, £2' 108 to £4 10s; new do., £2 to £1; old clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £149 to £1 10s per load. Supply limited. COLONIAL. TEA..—A moderato business has been done at steady rates; prices, however, have shown no material change. Suaig.—The market has been dull, and prices generally have exhibited a downward movement for West India. In the refined market there is little changd of importance to report. • C O FFEE. --The demand for colon ial descriptions has been steady, and quotations have in most instances been steadily supported. RICE.—A limited amount of business has been done without any change to record in values. TALLOW.—The market has been rather more animated, although quotations showed little variation. P.Y.C. on tho spot is marked 40s tld to 41s, aid last throe months 43s 3d per cwt. . COAL 2.l.l.ktliET. Yrtoes 01 Coal per . Ton at the close of the market. 8. d. Hastings Hartley l7 3 Holywell 15 3 i'ontield Moor 13utes 13 Wyinm 15 3 s. a IValls End. Traswell Hutton lB 9 Tunstall Hartlepool lB 6 t, 23 ; sold, 20. Ships at marks SHIP TING-THIS DAY, LONDON, July 19.--Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze and Arlo weather, but cloudy a little. CLYDE, July 18.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Fanny, from Havvannah-Abalom, from Trinidad. Sailed—Britnnia, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, July 18.—Wind S.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship Himalaya, from Quebec. CARDIFF, July 18.—Wind N,W.—Sailed—Agnes C. James, for Bermuda. SWANSEA, July 18.—Wind calm.—Arri red—Lily, from B ilboa. NEWPORT, July 18.—Wind N.E.—Arrivod—Nathalie, from Nantes. (BY 111L0NETIC TELEGRAPIO GILAVESEND, Tuesday Morning: Arrived, July 18—Darlington, from Danisio—Weneborg, from Iludiskewall. Sailed, July 18—Sunbeam ' for Quebec. Morning. Passed William Cole , for SydneY Quebeo—Dunorbin, fur La uumton -0.11 from London—. Monday Memphis, for DEAL, New Whim, and Esther, of Guernsey, from the north, for the west—Quick Star, of Bland, from Sland, for Madeira —Jane Roberta, of Prellhali, from the west, for the north —Sampson (screw steamer), f ro m the west, for London. -....................,....... At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of Gilpin, M.P., in the chair, the r e port, which was the Metropol itan and Provincial Bank, hold to-day, M as a dopted, recommended a dividend at the rate o f £6 per cent, per annum, and a bonus of 3s. per : r i e equal to 71 per c e nt. per annum), ae and the payment of interest on the new shares also t theh a r r a e (being te or 71 p er cent. per annum—all free of income-tax. LDIPER ,lAL PARLIAMEN T HOUSE OP COMMONS—This Day. The SPEAKER took tho chair at 20 minutes past 12. THE PATENT LAWS. Sir M. PETO asked the noble lord (Lord Stanley) when the report of the commissioners on patent laws would be presented to the house. Lord STANLEY said the report had been finally settled, and he had no doubt it would bo made in a few days. SUPPLY. Mr MASSEY brought up the report of the committee of supply. On the vote of £2,000 on account of the Aehantee war being read, Sir IL AS' ILLOUGHBY wished to know whether the vote of the local expenses of the Ashantee war was not for money which had been already expended. lie should also like to know what the intentions of the Government were with respect to the future, lie thought it was absolutely necessary that some check should be placed upon colonial governors in granting public money, and it would be important to know whether the vote now before the house would cover the whole of the Local Government expenses already in curred. Mr. F. PEEL said the vote properly belonged to the Colonial .office, and in the absence of his hon. friend, the under secretary for that department, he could nut give a positive answer on the subject. Ile believed that the vote was to cover expenses already occurred. Governors of colonies could not, except in important and exceptional cases, pay advances from the Treasury c h es t. The report was then agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. MASSEY brought up the report, which was agreed to. ARMY AND NAVY EXPENDITURE. Sir 11, WILLOUGHBY made several objections to the manner in which the army department was conducted in reference to our estimates. Mr CHILDERS entered into some detail in reference to the navy expenditure. The estimates had been incrigaAod by two causes; first, by the transport of troops to Canada; and, secondly, by the NOW Zealand war, Gen. PEEL thought the excess of the estimates was unavoidable. The report was agreed to. PUBLIC WORKS (MANUFACTURING DIS- TRICTS) ADVANCES BILL. The report of this la was agreed to. IMPROVEMENT OF LAND ACT (1SGI) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. On the order for going into committee on this bill, Mr AYRION thought the bill should be sent to a select committee. It applied to Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Colchester, and other places, and if it referred to soldiers he should have no objection to it. The Lill pro vided for intormations without oath, and was of a very in quisitorial character. lie thought that such a Lill should not pass without further evidence and investigation. lie could only characterise the Lill as one for tho propa gation of immorality and vico. lie thought it disgraceful on the part of the authorities of the army and navy to bo obliged to introduce this measure, which was, in eltsct, one to make the wants of the army superior to the law of the land. Sir M. PETO defended the bill, and said it was one which would be attended with the best results, and for years ho did not think that Parliament had entertained a subject so beneficial to the army and navy as the one now before them. The motion had been considered in the kindest and most careful manner, the great object being to reform and make useful those which wore a pest to society. The house then went into committee on the bill, and the various clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to. The bill as amended was then reported to the house. [LEFT bITTINU.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS t -LAST EVENING. NOTTINGILAM ILANDICNP. 7 to 2 agst Sir Roger (offered—take 1 to 1) 7to 2 agst Pearl Diver (offered) sto 1 agst Welcome (taken) 6 to 1 agst Fisherman's Daughter (taken) 6to 1 agst Tartar (taken and offered) GOODWOOI) STAKES. 2to 1 apt Thalestris (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Stanton (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Canzonette (taken and offered) 00 to 8 agst Fisherman's Daughter (taken) 00 to 7 agat Gillaumo le Taciturno (taken) 20 to 1 agat Tartar (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. sto 1 age Dollar (taken) sto 1 apt Scottish Chief (offered) ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Blair Athol (take 3to 1) 7 to 2 agst General Peal (offered) 9 to 2 agst Seuttiih Chief (offered) 25 to 1 egg CauiLusean (taken) 33 to 1 agat Claremont (taker.) IRE DERBY. 750 to 100 apt Liddington (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Wild Charley (taken) 40 to 1 agst Oatregor (taken) 3500 to 100 agst Dilly Dailey (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Joker (taken) Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Jnly 19. via Marseilles Aug. 12, Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Aug. 4. i Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 28. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton July 29. via Marseilles July 28. India (Bombay), via Southampton July 26. via Marseilles J aly 21. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 19. via Marseilles July 21. Newfoundland . .J uly 20. Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 20. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. July 22. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, J July 29. California. and British Columbia. The Augsburg Gazette states that the new King of Bavaria (for the first time) received petitions for pardon from three persons condemned to death. Their punishment has been commuted by him to imprisonment for life. The seventeenth half•yearly meeting of share holders of the City Bank was held to•daf—Mr. Peter Bell in tho chair. The report, which was adoptgd, enables the directors to declare the usual dividend of 6 per cent. per annum upon the paid up capital, and a bonus of £3 10s per share (together equal to 10 per cent. for the half-year), free of income tax; to place £lO,OOO to the reserved fund (thereby increasing it to £140,000) ; and to aim , forward to the new profit and loss account £7,969 17e 9d, Athens letters mention that the King of the llellenes is about to make another tour through his kingdom. This time he wiil visit continental Greece, Eaton I, and perhaps the Cyclades, Adviccs from Ostend state that the Royal family of Belgium, with the exception of the Count de Flandre, who is at present travelling, is expected at Ostend in a few days to stay there a month. SUICIDE THROUGII JEALOUSY. —Ou Friday morning Mary Owen, a woman who cohabited with a horse-collar-maker, named James Scullard, of 24, Albert-street, York, died from the effects of Poiso Sew lard up to three weeks ago had a young girl dam n. ar night, while Scullard was lotte Dickson working with him is the house, and of th e she slipped out and bough; connection between these two the deceased, who was of drunken habits, had become jeslous. She became low spirited, as she said, on this account, and threatened, self celcoecaks e t c : the a a "I've g ot it," and then drank off the contents` destruction. working in t h 0 0 b a u l k ' h k u i r t o o d u a e y n , three pennyworth of p oison. She took it home and hold ing the cup in which it was contained up for Scullard to neat morning. The taken t Poisonwhlst jury, at an inquest which was held on the body, brou g h t in asSeleive:lhiieceett:itaouidtnbtiel effect tt that t o d ' labour i n g under temporar y insanity. T OE DEAD PICKET.—On the field yesterday, on the left near Tilton, where our cavalry engaged the e nemy, a beautiful garden, clothed in all the loveliness that rare plants and Southern flowers could give at, attracted my attenti on , an d I was drawn to it. The house had been deserted by its owners, and the smiling magnolias and roses seemed to stand guard over the deserted premises. I entered through an open gate, stooped to pluck a rose from a bush, when I discovered one of the enemy's pickets lying partially c overed by the grass and bushes—dead. lie was a noble -looking mau sad upon his countenance there seemed to rest the remnant of a smile. The right hand clasped a rose, which he was in the act of severing from its stem when he received the messenger of death. In the afternoon the cavalry dug a narrow grave, and, with Federal soldiers for hill-palbearers, he was laid to rest, the rose still clasped in stiffened hand. Nothing was found to identify him.-41,1„i„n paper. URIM ECENE.—A l'ilalay made an attempt to murder the boatswain's mate of the ship Norseman in her last voyage from Bangkok. The fellow then jumped over board. Rising in the w ater, he asked if his victim was dead, and getting his answer, dived down and was never seen again.--Sirai(3 Times.